Being Single is Hard by E. Lindsay
This was first brought to my attention by zolemica2 on Twitter. I appreciate her passing this along.
This was certainly a page I related to. The author definitely captures some of the hypocrisy that married people engage in.
(Link): Being Single is Hard by E. Lindsay
Excerpts:
…If you’re single, and you complain about being single, you’ll normally get some advice about learning to accept yourself before being able to be with a partner. The current model is work on yourself, “improve” yourself, when you’re alone then when you are sufficiently “un-broken” you will be able to attract a mate.
To admit that you’re unsatisfied being single is almost like an admission that you’re not ready to be in a relationship; if you’re not “complete” when you’re alone, you’re not worthy of a partner.
…[The author took all that advice and took on self-improvement.] But, I don’t think it made me any more datable.
…All that bugs me about it, is there’s a sort of reverse causality assumed about the whole thing. My partnered friends think because they were well put together they attracted a partner, but I think having a partner makes it easier for them to be well put together. Thing is, I remember what most of them were like when they were single, and most of them didn’t handle it well.
And, they didn’t come to terms with being single and enter some magical zen state of balance, most of them found someone to date, and then after that they found balance. But, most people in relationships like to hold to the idea that they’re fully functional alone, and so falsely push this “be self sufficient” advice on single people.
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